Union Health Minister recently launched the ‘CSIR Floriculture Mission’ through virtual mode in New Delhi on March 4, 2021 for implementation in 21 States\/UTs wherein available knowledgebase in CSIR Institutes will be utilized and leveraged to help Indian farmers and industry re-position itself to meet the import requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Floriculture, or flower farming, is a discipline of horticulture concerned with the cultivation of flowering and ornamental plants for gardens and for floristry, comprising the floral industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This Mission is being implemented in collaboration with Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Directorate of Floriculture; KVIC; APEDA, TRIFED; Fragrance and Flavour Development Centre (FFDC), Kannauj, Ministry of MSME and Universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite the fact that India has diverse agro-climatic and edaphic conditions, and rich plant diversity, it shares only 0.6 % of global floriculture market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At least 1200 million USD worth of floriculture products are being imported by India every year from different countries\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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